There is an important element to our self-expression, confidence and personal sacred journeys that are often over-looked.... self-love.

We are often so busy living for others: their dreams and hopes for themselves and for us, that are manifesting in needs we feel we have to fulfill, that we can easily forget our own needs, and our own reaching hearts.

This card is a reminder to embrace ourselves in love and hope and to work towards creating a soulful life.

This card felt particularly useful today, and resonated with my mood, which was rather deprecating and self-defeating. Its message came to in a moment of self-doubt and I thought I should share it with you.

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection” – Buddha

This card reminds us we are worthy of love, of our own love. That we have to love ourselves before we can expect others to love us. That it doesn't even matter if others love us, because their love neither defines us nor justifies our own confidence. This message is a gentle push towards a self-kindness and an understanding that we can love our own imperfections, not to spite them, but because of them and the person in us they help to manifest.

Love yourself. Be kind to yourself. Take a moment and appreciate your own worth.